Nathan Lane to Reprise Role of ‘Pepper’ on Upcoming Episode of ‘Modern Family’
Nathan Lane is set to reprise his role as Pepper Saltzman in an upcoming episode this spring.
Lane made magic opposite Eric Stonestreet (Cam) and Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Mitch) last fall as their thrower-of-flamboyant-parties friend.
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‘Modern Family’ Gets Early Renewal
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Six ABC shows are getting early renewals for next season. And no surprise here: Top-rated hit Modern Family is coming back next fall.
Great start for the new year!
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VIDEO: Modern Family’s Steamy Hot Tub Three-Way
In a first look at an upcoming episode, the show’s loveable gay dads, Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) and Cameron (Eric Stonestreet), are terrified when they see a stranger in their hot tub one night – but they suddenly calm down when it turns out to be a hunky gentleman played by James Marsden.
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‘Modern Family’ scoop: Matt Dillon to play Claire’s ex
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EW has the scoop on Claire’s ex:
Modern Family is about to demonstrate that Claire Dunphy has always had excellent taste in men. EW has learned exclusively that Matt Dillon (Crash) will play the ex-boyfriend of Julie Bowen’s character in an upcoming episode of the ABC comedy.
Modern Family’s Jesse Tyler Ferguson On Joy Behar
Ferguson tells Joy how surprised he was to hear about a study finding that “Modern Family” is one of the most popular television programs among Republicans.
‘Modern Family’ upstages the World Series
The “giant” winner for the night was ABC’s quartet of comedies, each of which saw upticks of about 10 percent. In fact, ‘Modern Family’ delivered an all-time high in viewers (13.07 million) and matched its best-ever demos (5.1).
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Fox O&Os buy “Modern Family”
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The hit series “Modern Family” from Twentieth Century Fox Television airing on ABC will hit syndication in major markets on the Fox Television Stations. The series will begin airing in syndication in 2013.
Modern Family has been sold to the Fox O&Os in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Washington, D.C., Houston, Minneapolis, Phoenix, Orlando and Baltimore.
“As we approach the 2013 syndication premiere of ‘Modern Family’ on the Fox Television Stations, we are confident that viewer devotion to this hilarious and poignant portrayal of the modern American family will only continue to elevate and garner more success,” said Paul Franklin, EVP, General Sales Manager, Broadcast of Twentieth Television, which is handling syndication.
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ABC’s “Modern Family” Hits 2nd Highest-Ever Adults 18-49 Rating
Qualifying as Wednesday’s definitive No. 1 TV show for the 4th time in 4 weeks this season, ABC’s “Modern Family” took full control of its 9:00 p.m. time slot, beating out second-place CBS’ “Criminal Minds by a season-best 34% in Adults 18-49 (4.7/13 vs. 3.5/9).
· Bettering its year-ago performance for the 4th straight week, the ABC sophomore comedy surged over its delivery on the same night last year by 1.9 million viewers (11.3 million vs. 9.4 million) and 31% in Adults 18-49 (4.7/13 vs. 3.6/10). On average in its sophomore year, “Modern Family’s” numbers are up over the same point last season by 16% in Total Viewers and by 24% in Adults 18-49.
· Growing week to week, “Modern Family” posted the series’ 2nd-highest-ever numbers among Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34 (behind only its three-week-ago season premiere), while hitting a series high with Women 18-34.
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“Modern Family” Star Admits To Being Bullied
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, who plays Mitchell on the hit ABC series “Modern Family,” was a victim of bullying growing up–a moment in his life that he still remembers to this day.
“I left school in the eighth grade and I went to a different school,” he said at the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network’s Respect Awards recently, as reported by E! Online. “It was hard. It was a horrible, horrible experience.”
The openly-gay actor also said that lived in fear everyday. “I’m sure a lot of it was rooted in homophobia. I mean, I was an ‘artistic,’ kid, which was AKA gay. I think a lot of people sensed that I was gay and were terrified of that. I think bullying comes from fear and insecurity.”
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“Modern Family” Ratings Strong
While comedy rival “Glee” fell by more than 24% for its third episode of the season, “Modern Family” held fairly steady, easily winning the broadcast race Wednesday night.
The Emmy-winning comedy posted a 4.5 adults 18-49 rating with 11.34 million viewers. Save for “The Middle” (2.4 rating, 7.97 million viewers), the rest of ABC’s programming improved over last week, with “Better With You” ticking up slightly to a 2.3 with 6.89 million viewers, “Cougar Town” climbing to a 3.1 with 7.20 million viewers and “The Whole Truth” up to a 1.4 with 4.53 million.
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